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hath ben But only dimission money receyvid
Item he wolde that absolucion shoulde be differrid from suche persons as could not saye the pater noster and Crede in Englishe, untill Easter and than to give absolucion with thair communion
Confession
Item he daunded ubi Invenies auriculare confessione ee de mre divino reuf regis vemebat ad Joanne Baptistam et confitebantur peccata sua magistro nevenson interrogatur quando confitebantur aut publice / aut occulte dixit alle publice /
He gave in commandement that the curates and people shoulde goo on procession in the harvest tyme only on hallydaies
Item it ys complayned that Sir James Newnam preiste of Charteham in his Confiteor did refuse to reherse the name of our Ladie, as precor sanctam mariam, And that he said, that it was againste his harte and conscience to sense the crucifix according to the Lawdable custume, and that he did it never, nor never wolde, which thinges presentid by the churche wardens to Mr. Comessarye was never punyshid
It was signified to Mr. Comissary that Jo clerke and Joane bowcher, had eaten a calves hedd on Easter daye in the mornyng, and wolde have receyvid thair maker, that daye, he answered yf thei have broken thair faste to daye, Lett theym have thair rigth to morowe
has been done but only dimission money received. He wished absolution deferred till Easter to persons who could not say the Paternoster and Creed in English, and then given with their communion. He asked, where will you find auricular confession in Scripture? And being reminded of those who came to John the Baptist confessing their sins, pointed out that that was public. He commanded that the curates and people should go on procession in harvest time only on holy days. Sir Jas. Newnam, a priest of Chartham, in his Confiteor refused to rehearse the name of Our Lady, and he said it was against his conscience to cense the crucifix; "which things presented by the churchwardens to Mr. Commissary was never punished." When told that Jo. Clerke and Joan Bowcher had eaten a calf's head on Easter day in the morning, Mr. Commissary answered "If they have broken their fast to-day let them have their rights to-morrow."